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BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS 


PORT  OF  NEW  ORLEANS 


System  of  Charges,  Tolls,  Rates,  and  Tariffs 

for  use  of  the  facilities  of  the  Port 

of  New  Orleans,  effective  on 

and  after  November  15, 

1915 


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BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS 

OF  THE 

PORT  OF  NEW  ORLEANS 

(AN  AGENCY  OF  THE  STATE  OF  LOUISIANA) 

W.  B.  THOMPSON,  President 
B.  B.  HANS.  Vice-President 
E.  S.  KELLY,  M.  D..  Secretary 
T.  J.  KELLEY  O.  P.  GEREN 


TILEY  S.  McCHESNEY,  Treas.  &  Asst.  Secty. 
HAYDEN  W.  WREN,  Superintendent 
JAMES  WILKINSON,  Attorney 
J.  DEVEREUX  O'REILLY,  Chief  Engineer 
R,  J.  LeGARDEUR,  Auditor 


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Whereas,  the  Extraordinary  Session  of  the  General  Assembly 
of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  1915,  has  by  Act  No.  14  vested 
this  Board  with  "Power  to  regulate  the  commerce  and  traffic 
of  the  Port  and  Harbor  of  New  Orleans  in  such  manner  as 
may  in  their  judgment  be  best  for  its  maintenance  and  develop- 
ment," and  the  Board  is  thereby  also  "empowered  to  charge  for 
the  use  of  the  wharves,  sheds  and  other  structures,  for  the  use 
of  all  facilities  administered  by  them,  and  for  any  and  all  ser- 
vices rendered  by  them,  such  fees,  rates,  tariffs  or  other  charges 
as  may  be  established  by  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the 
Port  of  New  Orleans" ;  and 

Whereas,  it  is  deemed  expedient  in  the  interest  of  the  wel- 
fare of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  that  the  existing  method  of 
assessing  charges  be  revised,  particularly  so  with  regard  to  sea- 
borne traffic. 

Now,  Therefore,  Be  It  Resolved  : 

Section  1.  Upon  all  vessels  arriving  in  the  Port  of  New 
Orleans,  up  to  and  inclusive  of  November  14,  1915,  mid-night, 
the  now  existing  tariff  of  charges  shall  be  applied  for  that 
voyage;  and, 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  ordained.  That  on  and  after  November 
15,  1915,  the  following  fees,  rates,  tariffs  and  other  charges  shall 
be  charged  and  collected  for  the  use  of  wharves,  landings  and 
sheds  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans,  that  are  under  the  control 
of  and  being  administered  by  this  Board,  to-wit : 

STEAMBOATS,  BARGES,  LUGGERS  AND  OTHER 

RIVER  OR  ADJACENT  LAKE  CRAFT. 

'    Steamboats. 

Section  1.  The  wharfage  dues  on  all  steamboats  shall  be 
fixed  as  follows : 

All  steamboats  arriving  and  using  the  wharves  and  landings 
for  a  period  of  not  over  five  days,  6c  per  ton;  each  day  after 
said  period  of  five  days,  $3-00  per  day,  provided  that  this  charge 
of  $3.00  per  day  shall  not  exceed  the  one-fifth  of  original  charge 
of  6c  per  ton,  and  in  that  event  the  charge  for  lay  days  shall  be 
fixed  at  the  rate  of  one  and  one-fifth  cents  per  ton  per  day. 
Steamboats  arriving  and  departing  more  than  once  a  week  shall 
be  charged  3c  per  ton  each  trip-  Boats  laying  up  for  repairs 
during  the  summer  months  to  occupy  such  wharf  space  as  is 
not  needed  for  shipping  shall  pay  60c  per  day. 

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Barges,  Etc. 

Sec.  2.  On  barges,  steamboat  hulls,  used  as  barges,  flat- 
boats  and  other  licensed  vessels  employed  regularly  in  trans- 
portation of  merchandise  on  the  Mississippi  River,  the  wharfage 
rates  shall  be  the  same  as  charged  steamboats  in  the  same 
business ;  provided,  that  the  charges  of  lay  days  shall  not  be 
made  until  eight  days  after  arrival ;  and,  provided  further,  that 
said  charges  shall  not  apply  to  barges,  flatboats  and  vessels  that 
come  to  this  port  for  a  single  trip,  to  be  broken  up,  or  their 
use  as  carriers  of  merchandise  discontinued  at  end  of  trip;  and. 
provided  further,  that  all  barges  arriving  in  this  port  laden  with 
bulk  grain  or  through  freight  will  be  allowed  fifteen  days  before 
incurring  charges  for  lay  days. 

LUGGERS,  PIROGUES,  SGOWS,  ETC. 

Sec.  3  Every  lugger,  pirogue,  scow  or  other  vessel  measuring 
not  over  25  tons  shall  pay  $1.20  per  trip. 

SHED  CHARGES. 

SeC"  4.  Where  sheds  are  provided,  vessels  using  same  sha-l 
pay  an  additional  charge  of  one  and  one-half  cents  per  ton  on 
the  tonnage  of  vessels.  The  minimum  charge  to  be  paid  by 
any  vessel  to  be  50c.  Sheds  to  be  used  under  rules  and  regula- 
tions adopted  by  the  Board. 

FLATBOATS,  BARGES,  ETC. 

Sec  5.  On  flatboats,  barges,  etc.,  fully  or  in  part  laden, 
which  are  not  charged  for  on  tonnage  basis,  the  wharfage  or 
landing  dues  shall  be  as  follows : 

Flatboats  not  measuring  over  80  feet $  4.80 

Flatboats  80  feet  to  100  feet 6.0U 

Flatboats  100  feet  or  over 7.80 

Each  barge  less  than  70  feet,  not  over  20  tons 4.80 

Each  steamboat  hull  used  as  a  barge 15. CO 

These  charges  will  cover  an  initial  period  of  eight  days  or 
less. 

An  extra  charge  shall  be  imposed  at  the  same  rate  for  every 
succeeding  eight  days,  or  fraction  thereof,  recoverable  at  the 
commencement  of  the  ninth  day. 

ANNUAL  CHARGES,  OR  LICENSES. 

Sec.  6.  The  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Port  shall  have 
the  right  to  make  the  following  annual  charges  for  vessels  which 
are  to  take  the  place  of  all  other  wharf  and  shed  charges. 

—4— 


On  all  vessels  employed  in  the  towage  of  vessels  to  and  from 
sea  and  in  harbor,  an  annual  license  of  $60.00. 

On  any  flatboat,  barge  or  other  vessel  (not  including  steam- 
boats), employed  in  the  transportation  of  bricks,  lumber  or  other 
building  materials  or  produce  from  neighboring  parishes  to  the 
City  of  New  Orleans,  •  the  following  annual  licenses  may  be 
charged : 

Per 
Annum. 

Fromv25  to  50  tons $  36.OO 

Over  50  and  not  over  75  tons 48.00 

Over  T5  and  not  over  100  tons 72  00 

Over   100   tons   120.00 

FOREIGN  AND  COASTWISE  VESSELS. 

Dockage. 

Sec.  7.  (a)  All  sea-going  vessels  shall  pay  for  the  use  of 
the  wharves,  a  dockage  charge  as  follows: 


3c  per  gross  ton   f 

Dr  the 

1st  day 

2c     ''       ' 

2nd     '' 

2c     ''       ' 

3rd     - 

Ic     ''       ' 

4th     '' 

Ic     "       ' 

5th     '' 

Ic     "       ' 

6th     " 

No  Charge     ''       ' 

7th     '' 

No  Charge     "       ' 

8th     " 

No  Charge     "       ' 

9th     " 

No  Charge     ''       ' 

10th     '' 

No  Charge     ''       ' 

nth     '' 

No  Charge     ''       ' 

12th     '' 

No  Charge     " 

13ih     '' 

No  Charge     "       ' 

14th     '' 

No  Charge     " 

15th     '' 

No  Charge     "       ' 

16th     '' 

No  Charge     "       ' 

17th     '' 

No  Charge     "       ' 

18th     '' 

No  Charge     " 

19th     " 

No  Charge     ''       ' 

20th     '' 

No  Charge     " 

21st     '' 

Ic     ''       ' 

22nd     ''^ 

Ic     "       ' 

23rd     '' 

Ic     "       ' 

24th     '' 

Ic     "       ' 

25th     '' 

Ic     "       ' 

26th     '' 

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(b)  All  vessels  making  use  of  the  wharves  beyond  this  period 
of  time  shall  be  again  assessed,  on  the  same  basis  applied  in 
the  first  instance^ 

(c)  The  maximum  time  a  vessel  shall  be  allowed  to  occupy 
a  berth  for  the  accumulation  of  cargo,  prior  to  her  arrival  at 
said  berth,  without  incurring  dockage  and  shed  charges,  shall 
be  fifteen  (15)  days.  On  the  sixteenth  day  after  a  berth  has 
been  assigned  her,  the  vessel's  dockage  and  shed  charges  shall 
commence  to  accrue  and  continue  as  if  the  vessel  was  actually 
moored  to  the  wharf. 

(d)  Any  part  of  a  day  shall  be  considered  a  full  day,  with 
reference  to  the  above  charges;  and,  the  foregoing  charges  shall 
apply    to  each  voyage. 

(e)  In  all  cases  dockage  and  sheddage  shall  be  calculated 
upon  a  basis  of  straight  running  time,  from  the  date  of  assign- 
ment of  berth  to  the  date  of  final  departure  from  the  Public 
Wharves. 

(f)  The  Board  reserves  to  itself,  without  question,  the 
right  to  admeasure  all  vessels  when  they  deem  it  necessary ; 
said  admeasurement  to  be  used  by  the  Board  as  a  basis  for  iis 
charges.  _  . 

SHEDS. 

Sdc.  8.  Where  shedded  wharves  are  occupied,  vessels  using 
same  shall  pay  a  shed  charge  of  one  and  one-half  (i>^)  cents  pQ-: 
ton  on  the  gross  tonnage  of  the  vessel. 

The  period  of  time  covered  by  the  payment  of  a  shed  charge 
is  coincident  to  the  period  for  which  dockage  is  paid.  A  further 
charge  of  three-quarters  (j4)  cent  per  ton  on  the  gross  tonnage; 
will  be  applied  against  vessels  paying  22nd  to  26th  day  dockage. 

After  this  latter  period  of  time  the  charge  assessed  against 
the  vessel  in  the  first  instance  will  again  be  applied. 

RENTAL  ASSIGNMENTS. 

Sec.  9.  The  wharves  and  sheds  will  be  preferentially  assigned, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  Board,  upon  application;  and  rental  will 
be  charged  as  follows: 

3c  per  square  foot  per  annum, 
payable   quarterly   in   advance- 

The  Board  reserves  to  itself  the  right  to  revoke  any  assign- 
ment upon  thirty  (30)  days'  written  notice,  and  to  make  proper 
refund  of  rental  for  the  unexpired  period,  if  any. 

Wharves  and  sheds  which  shall;  have  been  ^preferentially 
assigned  to  steamship  agents  shall  be  subject  to  release  by 
said  agents  upon  thirty  days'  written  notice,  in  which  case  the 

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Board  will  make  no  refund  for  account  of  advance  rental  paid, 
unless  the  Board  should  be  able  to  reassign  said  space  and 
collect  the  usual  fee. 

The  preferential  assignment  will  not  be  considered  absolute 
total  rental,  or  assignment  to  the  entire  exclusion  of  other 
vessels  which  the  Board  may  deem  proper  to  assign  to  such 
space.  It  may  be  understood,  however,  that  the  Board  will 
not  undertake  to  make  use  of  this  preferentially  assigned  space 
for  other  vessels,  except  when  the  same  is  not  being  made  full 
use  of  by  the  party  to  whom  it  is  assigned,  or,  when  the  Board 
deems  any  particular  necessity  demands  it..  No  credit  or  allow- 
ance will  be  made  to  the  renter  or  renters  on  account  of  such 
temporary  use  as  may  be  made  under  this  latter  provision. 

TOLLS. 

Sec.  10.  All  commodities  passing  over  the  Public  Wharves 
to  and  from  foreign  and  coastwise  vessels  shall  be  subject  to  a 
charge  of  5c  per  ton  of  2,000  pounds.  Said  charge  shall  be 
collected  directly  from  the  vessel  and,  or  the  owners  or  agents 
of  the  vessel,  on  or  before  the  5th  day  after  the  departure  of 
the  vessel,  or,  if  the  Board  sees  fit,  upon  the  inward  cargo 
immediately  after  it  is  discharged  from  the, vessel. 

All  commodities  passing  over  the  public  wharves,  which 
are  trans-shipped  directly  from  one  public  wharf  to  another, 
shall  be  subject  to  the  payment  of  but  one  tollage.  The  said 
tollage  shall  be  collected  directly  from  the  vessel,  the  owners 
or  agents  bringing  the  said  commodities  in.- 

Steamship  agents,  owners  and  masters  will  be  required  to 
permit  access  to  manifests  of  cargo  for  the  purpose  of  these 
charges  and  shall  be  required  to  sharply  differentiate  on  their 
records  between  the  cargo  which  moves  over  the  public  wharves 
and  that  which  moves  to  or  from  the  ship  while  at  other  than 
public  wharves. 

DEMURRAGE. 

Sec.  11.  In  the  event  a  departing  vessel  leaves  cargo  that 
has  been  received  for  her  on  an  unassigned  wharf,  the  agent 
of  said  vessel  shall  be  required  to  immediately  name,  or  fo 
state  the  position  of,  another  vessel  to  lift  said  cargo.  The 
dockage  and  shed  charges  shall  commence  to  accrue  on  the 
eleventh  day  after  steamer  shutting  out  said  cargo  shall  have 
sailed  and  continue  as  though  the  named  vessel  was  actually  at 
the  wharf. 

It  shall  be  optional  with  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the 
Port  of  New  (Drleans  to  permit  said  vessel,  or  substitute  vessel, 
to  continue  the  use  of  the  said  berth,  or  the  Board  of  Com- 

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missioners  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  may  order  said  berth 
cleared.  Should  an  agent  of  the  vessel  fail  to  promptly  comply 
with  the  order  of  removal,  then  the  Board  of  Commissioners 
of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  will  place  cargo  in  contravention 
for  whom  it  may  concern. 

That  export  cargo  passing  over  preferentially  assigned  wharves 
will  be  subject  to  no  charge,  either  against  shut  out  cargo  or 
ships  under  the   following  circumstances : 

(a)  Provided  the  same  does  not  amount  to  more  than  200 
tons. 

(b)  Provided  this  quantity  of  200  tons,  or  less,  is  not  shut 
out  the  second  time : 

(c)  Provided  this  cargo  does  not  remain  on  the  wharves 
more  than  3O  days  after  departure  of  the  ship  for  which  it  was 
first  received. 

On  the  31st  day  thereafter  the  charges  set  forth  in  paragraphs 
Nos.  1  and  2  shall  apply. 

(d)  Provided  this  shut  out  cargo  does  not  involve  expense 
to  the  Board  or  interfere  with  the  efficient  operation  of  the 
Board's  property,  or  the  full  use  of  the  wharves  at  the  discretiou 
of  the  Board. 

When  such  shut  out  cargo  does  not  meet  all  above  provisions, 
to  establish  a  charge  of  2c  per  ton  per  day  upon  the  cargo 
against  the  steamship  agency  holding  it  for  shipment.. 

Should  cargo  be  shut  out  for  a  second  time,  same  shall  be 
placed  in  contravention  and  stored  for  the  account  of  whom  r: 
may  concern. 

Whenever  it  is  evident  that  cargo  is  being  received  for  a 
vessel  when  it  is  actually  going  forward  on  said  vessel,  the 
Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans  will 
decline  to  permit  same  being  placed  on  the  public  wharves. 

The  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Port  of  New  Orleans 
shall  be  the  sole  judges  of  such  conditions  as  may  arise  as 
stated  above. 

The  following  paragraph  is  void. 
See  amendment  following  paragraph. 

All  commodities  discharged  from  vessels  to  wharves  shall 
be  allowed  to  remain  on  the  wharves  not  more  than  three  days 
after  the  vessel  has  finished  discharging  at  the  berth;  if  these 
commodities  remain  longer  than  this  time,  they  shall  automatic- 
ally be  placed  on  storage  vat  the  expense  of  the  consignee  of  the 
goods  and  charged  a  per  diem  rate  of  2c  per  short  ton  per  day, 
which  charge  must  be  liquidated  before  the  removal  of  the 
goods  from  the  wharf. 

—  8— 


At  the  option  of  the  Board,  in  Heu  of  this  demurrage,  the 
cargo  may  be  sent  to  outside  storage  at  the  expense  of  con- 
signee. 

AMENDMENT. 

"Be  It  Ordained,  That  the  sixth  clause  of  Paragraph  D,  of 
Section  11,  of  'Charges,  Tolls,  Rates  and  Tariffs  for  the  Facilities 
of  This  Port,'  be  re-enacted  and  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

**  'All  commodities  discharged  from  vessels  on  wharves  shall 
be  allowed  to  remain  on  the  wharves  for  a  maximum  period 
of  forty-eight  (48)  hours  without  demurrage  charges  being 
assessed. 

''  'In  cases  of  emergency,  and  where  the  public  require- 
ments will  permit,  said  freight  to  remain  on  the  wharves  for 
a  longer  period,  it  shall  be  discretionary  with  the  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Board  to  grant  an  extension  of  time,  evidenced 
by  formal  notice  upon  which  final  date  for  future  removal 
of  freight  shall  appear.  A  copy  of  said  notice  shall  be  filed 
with  the  agent  or  owners  of  the  vessel  which  discharges  the 
cargo. 

"  'In  the  event  said  freight  remains  upon  the  public  land- 
ing after  the  expiration  of  the  time  set  forth  in  the  notice 
for  removal,  the  said  freight  shall  incur  a  demurrage  penalty 
of  10c  per  ton  of  2,000  pounds  per  day,  or  fractional  part 
thereof,  straight  running  time  being  the  basis.  All  demurrage 
charges  are  due  and  payable  before  removal  from  the  public 
landing.  The  agent  or  owners  of  the  vessel  discharging  the 
cargo  are  to  be  responsible  for  the  demurrage  charges. 

"  'At  the  option  of  the  Board,  in  lieu  of  this  demurrage,  the 
cargo  may  be  sent  to  outside  storage.'  " 

Adopted  December  1,  1915. 

HARBOR  DUES. 

Sec.  12.  Upon  all  foreign  and  coastwise  vessels  arriving  in 
the  Port,  the  following  Harbor  fees  will  be  charged,  to-wit: 

On  vessels  under  100  tons $  2.50 

On  vessels  of  100  tons  and  under  500  tons 5.00 

On  vessels  of  500  tons  and  over,  in  ballast  or 

green  fruit 10.00 

On  all  vessels  of  500  tons  or  over  with  general 

cargo     , 15-00 

This  charge  is  based  upon  the  employment  of  harbor  officers 
of  the  Board,  and  services  rendered  in  assigning  ships  to  anchor- 
age and  berth;  for  supervising  the  shipping  of  the  port,  so  as 

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to  prevent  collisions  and  fires;  for  dredging  in  the  harbor  to 
prevent  the  formation  of  bars;  and  for  lighting  the  river  front; 
all  in  aid  of  navigation.  Also  to  pay  a  portion  of  the  expenses 
of  the  operation  of  a  tug  in  the  Port,  furnished  free  of  charge, 
to  aid  shipping  in  distress  and  to  extinguish  fires  on  all  vessels 
and  their  cargoes. 

GENERAL. 

Sec.  13.  The  Board  will  also  make  a  charge  of  $1.00  for 
each  copy  of  certificate  issued,  for  the  inspection  of  hatches, 
surveys  of  cargoes,  etc.  The  master  of  each  vessel,  however, 
will  be  furnished,  upon  request,  free  of  charge,  one  copy  of 
all  surveys  upon  their  respective  vessels  or  cargoes. 

Sec.  14.  The  Commissioners  further  reserve  the  right  to 
enter  into  contract  with  persons  or  corporations  owning  machin- 
ery, implements  or  devices,  used  upon  the  Public  Wharves  and 
Landings,  for  facilitating  commerce  of  the  Port  and  from 
which  a  profit  is  derived  by  said  persons  or  corporations.  Rate^ 
to  be  agreed  upon  commensurate  with  the  profits  derived  there- 
from. 

The  use  of  such  machinery,  implements  and  devices,  which 
may  be  owned  by  the  Board  of  Commissioners,  may  be  required 
of  all  vessels,  steamship  agents  and  owners. 

All  rules  and  regulations  and  resolutions,  or  parts  thereof, 
in  conflict  with,  or  contrary  to  the  foregoing,  5hall  be  and  they 
are  hereby  revoked  and  repealed. 

Whereas,  The  New  Orleans  Joint  Traffic  Bureau  has  called 
the  Board's  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  Board's  tariff,  adopted 
to  be  effective  October  15,  1915,  and  subsequently  the  date  being 
fixed  as  November  15,  1915,  according  to  Section  No.  10  fixes 
a  "Toll"  of  five  cents  per  ton  of  2,000  pounds  upon  all  com- 
modities passing  over  the  public  wharves,  etc. ;  and. 

Whereas,  They  advise  that  in  their  calculations  the  tonnage 
of  bananas,  cocoanuts  and  grain  were  eliminated  from  the  total 
volume  of  business  transacted  upon  the  public  wharves  in  arriv- 
ing at  a  basis  for  the  estimated  revenue  the  Board  would  earn 
from  tolls;  and. 

Whereas;  It  was  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  New 
Orleans  Joint  Traffic  Bureau  that  the  tariff  was  adopted  as 
being  one  that  would  bring  the  Board  the  revenue  desired; 
and, 

Whereas,  The  Board  was  not  aware  of  this  elimination  of 
the  tonnage  of  bananas,  cocoanuts  and  grain,  and,  therefore, 
used  the  broad  term  ''COMMODITIES"  in  fixing  this  classi- 
fication of  freight; 

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Now,  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  grain  passing  through  elevators,  and  bananas 
and  cocoanuts,  be  exempted  from  the  tollage  charge  of  five 
cents  (5c)  per  ton  of  2,000  pounds,  as  called  for  in  Section  No- 
10,  of  ordinance  adopted  August  25,  1915.       > 

Adopted  August  25,  191 5. 

Amended  September  15,  191 5. 

Amended  October  6  1915. 

Amended  October  25,  1915. 

ERNEST  M.  LOEB, 

President. 
W.  O.  HUDSON, 

Secretary. 

TILEY  S.  McCHESNEY, 

Assistant  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


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